Sign language

We had all the best intentions of teaching Sonia baby sign language. We rented a video when she was around 6 months old and dutifully made the signs for "milk" and "more" and "eat" for probably a week or two. But, apparently we have very short attention spans (and couldn't bother to teach the nanny 3 basic hand gestures), so we eventually just stopped doing it and I guess figured we'd start communicating when she learned to talk (no time soon, for the record).

But recently Sonia finally has enough dexterity that it's become obvious that had we done sign language she would probably start using it at this point. This morning when I pulled her out of the crib, I set her pacifier down on the dresser near the chair where she gets her morning bottle (normally we leave it in the crib since it's just for sleeping, but I was a bit out of it at 6am). After Sonia finished her bottle, she started pointing at the pacifier on the dresser, very clearly indicating she wanted it back. When I didn't give it to her, she made little fussing sounds until we got up and walked out of the room. Then later, when she was sitting on her playmat in the living room, she started making the gesture for "milk" (basically opening and closing your hand like you're milking a cow, not that Sonia knows this). For a brief moment I thought perhaps she did know sign language after all, so I went and got her bottle and offered it to her. But, she rejected it, so apparently the milk sign definitely means something to her...but too bad we have no idea what it is.

And, yes, I realize we could still start sign language now. I guess the question is has our attention span / patience improved any in the last 4 months? :-)